Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Veritas - the funding

There was also a surprising delay in the announcement of Veritas' launch since Kilroy quit UKIP - why?

Both these questions can now be answered.

The reason for the delay in the confirmation that the new party was going to be called "Veritas" was thanks to copyright issues. "Veritas" is a trademark of the US software firm of the same name - see www.veritas.com. Kilroy had to wait for their permission - and check out how similar the logos are:

Veritas (company):

Veritas (party):

There is no way that the party's logo could not be a copyright infringement.
UNLESS the party has the permission of the company to use it.

But that's not all. Veirtas (the company) has revenues of around $1.74 BILLION a year. On their website, Veritas (the company) also admits that "VERITAS employees are committed to giving back to the communities in which we work and live... To advance its commitment, VERITAS and the VERITAS Foundation have given over two million in cash and software to nonprofit organizations. VERITAS employees have also donated thousands of hours volunteering..."

Nonprofit organisations like a political party, by any chance? Kilroy's group couldn't possibly have been allowed to set up shop with a party which infringes the Veritas company's trademark without that company's consent. Without Paul Sykes' backing, Kilroy also did not have the money to afford to set up his own party.

Lordy. If you're going to try to stop Veritas, you need some basis in fact, rather than trying to justify your means. If Veritas do something wrong, by all means expose them - but let's not try to find someething for the hell of it...